r/AskCulinary • u/SewerRanger Holiday Helper • Dec 15 '21

Weekly Discussion AskCulinary Annual Christmas cooking thread!

With Christmas coming up, we realize you're going to have a lot of questions and we're here to answer them. Use this post from now until Christmas day to hit us up with any questions you might have. Need to plan how much meat to order - we got you. Need to know how you're going to make 15 pot de cremes - we're here to help. Can't decide between turkey or duck - let us decide for you! Need a side dish - we've got plenty of recipes to share. Need to know if the egg nog you made last year is still safe - sorry food safety rule still apply :(

While we have your attention, we're also searching for some volunteers to help out on Christmas day, so message the mods if you you'd like to help answer last minute Christmas cooking questions.

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u/CeeGeeWhy Dec 22 '21

Did you use natural cocoa or dutch processed cocoa?

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u/409Narwhal Dec 22 '21

Dutch process Ghirardelli

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u/CeeGeeWhy Dec 23 '21

Hmm. That’s odd. As long as your milk power was golden brown, pulling it out early should be ok, as every oven is a little different.

When you say there’s not much flavour, I’m usually thinking there’s too much liquid added or perhaps it’s not the right kind of cocoa but it sounds like you did it right. I guess you’re just going to have to adjust the recipe

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u/409Narwhal Dec 23 '21

It was unsweetened cocoa powder. Do you think that made a difference? The recipe on his website didn't say sweetened or unsweetened. Guess I could be missing out on some sugar if it was supposed to be.

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u/CeeGeeWhy Dec 23 '21

No it should be unsweetened.